Criminals in their sights
If tables could tell stories, the one in the Northumbria Police rural crime team office would have some extraordinary tales. In the days when the Duke of Northumberland sat on the bench, the brown oak and red leather table was where the Alnwick magistrates deliberated. In a new era of crime and policing, defendants are tried at an anonymous brick court in Newcastle and the table has been rehomed among the computers and hi-vis jackets of the team office.
A lot of dealing with illegal coursing seems to be about finding new ways to use old things.
“They cause thousands of pounds of crop damage, they steal, they are violent”
While Northumberland faces
